DJ's new home

There are two kinds of applicants/adopters. The first, all too common, are people who want and expect a perfect dog. They expect everything they buy to live up to or exceed their expectations. If it doesn't, they will return it as if it was a defective toaster oven, the wrong size sweater, or an unwanted christmas gift. The dog must have the perfect look, no flaws, must be perfectly housetrained, and must instantly be good with every kid, cat, ferret, and other dog they meet. They also expect us to bring a selection of dogs to their door for them to choose from and expect us to be grateful to them for even considering one of our dogs. And it goes without saying that they consider themselves to be the best of all possible homes, and therefore entitled to any dog they want. These people can kiss my ass. If I ever do get a "perfect" dog, it will not go to any of them.

The other type of adopter is realistic in their expectations and smart enough to know that a perfect dog is made, not born. You get out of them what you put into them, and even then, not every dog is right for every home.

Fortunately, DJ was adopted by the latter type of adopter. They just wanted a good family dog. They are going into it with the assumption that he has no housetraining and with the knowlege that they will need to work on that. They were also prepared to drive down to our place to pick up the dog yesterday morning. I happily met the man up in Culpeper instead, to save him a couple hours on the road.

DJ was given up by some local white trash because neighbors were complaining about him tearing up their inflatable halloween decorations. The dog wasn't neutered and had never been to a vet. Fortunately, due to the fact that he lived in a community of single-wides where everyone's dogs and children ran at large, he was pretty well socialized. He's a cute little guy and was Mr. Personality at adoption events. He worked the crowd and seemed particularly fond of children.

I'm sure they will have a few rough spots with DJ, but they've had huskies in the past, so I think they can handle DJ rather easily. I think, I hope, that they will be pleasantly surprised at how quickly and easily he fits into their home.